Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 24, 1909, Page 2, Image 2

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    CAN REDUCE
MAGNETIC
Spokane Man Finds Way to Utilizov
Iron Ore, Which Was Here
tofore Thought to Be
Worthless.
(Spoclal Correspondence.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 24. Mag-1
nctic Iron ore, hoertofore looked upon .
as worthless because of the preva-'
lonco of titanium, an element which
prevented its reduction, will be used
by the Washington Steel and Iron
company In Its plant to be erected In
the northern part ot Spokane.
E. H. Rothert has perfected a pro-1
cess for the manufacture of high -
grade wrought Iron and tool steel
from this base ore, of which there Is
3,000,000 tons In sight on a tract
of 270 acres In western Oregon, leas-
rt nr M romnanv on a royalty basis.
m.. M. f nmrtnrin rrnclhlo steel Is
- "v I
placed at $30 a ton. while tool steel
can bo made at 25 cents a pound.
The minimum market price ot the
first named Is $160 a ton, the lattor
sellrog at from 90 cents to $2.25 a
pound.
Experts declare that by solving the
problem of overcoming the titanium
with this new process of smelting,
large bodies ot the ore In various
parts of the United States and Can
ada will become available for com
mercial purposes and add millions
of dollars to the wealth-production
of the country. Mr. Rothert has been
experimenting at Hoquiam,
for several years, and has produced
steel for saw, knife blade, raior and
other edged tools said to be equal to
the best output of European mills.
THE DIAMOND.
Thanksgiving Menu.
50c.
Cream of Oyster Soup
Celery Olives Radishes
Pickles Shrimp Salad
Roast Beef Baked Chicken
Roast Turkey Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Sweet Potatoes
Lima Beans
Green Peas
Mashed Potatoes
Hot Mince and Pumpkin Pies
English Plum Pudding
Brandy Sauce
Fruit Cheese
Tea Coffee Cocoa
WORK WEAKENS THE KIDNEYS.
Daan's Kidney Pills Have Dor.o
Great Service for People Who
Work in Med ford.
Host Medford people work every
day in some strained, unnatural po
sition bending constantly over a
desk riding on jolting wagons or
enrs doing laborious housework;
lifting, renching or pulling, or trying
the back in a hundred nnd one other
ways. All these strains tend to wear
and weaken and injure the kidneys
until they fall behind in their work
of filtering the poisons from the
blood. Donn's Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, put new strength in bad
backs. Medford cures provs it.
Thos. J. Williams, Oakdnle street,
Medford, Ore., snys: "I suffered
for n long time from kidney nnd
bladder trouble. The pains through
my bnck were so severe at times that 1
I could hardly endure them. My
kidneys were disordered nnd I hnd
to nriso many times during the night
to pass the secretions. I was sub
ject to headaches nnd was very
dizzy, especially when I stopped. I
did not get relief nnd became uis
Mnrntrod. Doan's Kidney Fills fin-
ally camo to my attention, nnd I
procured n box at Ilnskin'a Drug
,pi i !i.,i ii, trnn ,
Store. They soon banished the trou-
bio nnd I have not had a. return
Bince. I cannot speak too highly m
prniso of Donn's Kidney Pills."
For snlo by nil denlors. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, solo agents for this mt-
ed States '
Remember tbo name-Donn's-and
take no other.
NOTICE.
On account of tho increased cost
of feed, we, tho undersigned dairy
men of Medford, find it necessary to,
ralso tho prlco of milk to ten cents
a quart, retail, aud 25 cents a gallon,
wholesale, on nnd after December 1,
1909.
WARNER & SNIDER,
J. C. CALHOUN,
J. M. SCHMIDT.
H. H. CALHOUN.
J. V. KEEZER.
Orders for sweet croam or butter
milk promptly filled. Phone the
ereamery,
THE
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Charier
El
II EN Newmark awoke one
more to Interest In affairs
the morning was well spent.
On the river the work was
wltn lhe in ot
( 0rde discovered about noon that the
Jam crew waa nav!ng lt8 troubles. Im.
mediately below Reed's dam ran a
long chute strewn with bowlders,
which was alternately a shallow or a
1 stretch of white water according as
stream rose or fell. Onllnarlly
!, 1,,ot..
the logs were Hushed over this decllv
ity by opening the gate, behind which
a head of water had been acciuuutat
ed. Now, however, the efficiency of
the gate had been destroyed.
"I wonder It we can't drop that gate
way down to get something for a
head." said Ordo to the foreman.
The two men examined the chute
and the sluice gate attentively for some
time.
"If we could clear out the splinters
and rubbish we might spike a couple
of saplings on each side for the gate
to slide down Into," speculated North.
The logs were held up In the pond,
and a crew of men set to work to cut
'I sill nml nnron. Thr mrront roniW.wl
footing impossible, so nil the work had
to be done from above. Wet wood
gripped the long saws visellke. so that j
a man's utmost strength could scarcely i
budge them. Nevertheless they held
to It. Orde. satisfied that they would
succeed, departed up river to the rear.
This crew he found working busily
among some overflowed woods. They
were herding the laggards of the flock.
The subsidence of the water conse
quent upon the opening of the sluice
gate had left stranded and in shal
lows many hundreds of the logs. From
the advantage of deadwood, stumps or
other logs the "sackcrs" pushed the
unwleldly timbers forward, leaping,
splashing, heaving, shoving, until at
last the steady current of the main
i i i. i . i.
; river svum iuu iuk auu uuru iuuui
away. With marvelous skill they top
ped the dripping, bobby, rolling tlm
bers. treading them over and over
back and forth. In unconscious preser
vation of equilibrium.
Hardly had Orde the opportunity to
look about at the progress making,
however, before he heard hi name
shouted from the bank. Looking up,
to his surprise be saw the solemn cook
Recti wheeled. Ills thumb on the fiammer.
waving a frantic dish towel, at him.
Nothing could Induce tho cook to at
tempt the logs.
"What is It. Charlie?" asked Orde,
leaping ashore and stamping tho loose
water from his boots.
"It's nil off," confided tho cook pes
simistically. "Ifs no good. He's stop.
ped us now."
"What's off? Who's stopped whaff
"Reed. lie's druv the men from the
t,an with a shotgun. We might as
weJ
..Sh(Kun( heyo. exclaimed Orde.
"Woll. the old son of a gun!" Ho
thought a moment, his lips puckered
as though to whistle; then, us usual,
he laughed amusedly. "Let's go take
a look at the army." said lie.
IIe swui nwy at a round pace.
o'wed ratUer "reathlessly by the
0rde foun tho center of t)t. dnm
was occupied by Reed, his plug hut
fuzzier than ever, his coattalls aud
loose trousers flapping at his every
movement. Over his shoulder he car
riC(i a jong percussion lock shotgun.
Perched along the bank sat the river
men, watching him In silence.
"What's tho matter?" Inquired Orde,
approaching.
"If tho law don't protect me I'll pro
tect myself," Reed proclaimed. "1
glvo ye fair warning."
"But surely," said Orde, "we have n
right to run our logs through. It's un
open river."
"And hev ye been runnin' your logs
through?" cried the old man excitedly,
"Hev yo? First off yo beglu to tear
down mydam, and .thou when tho
MEDffORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON",
iverman
By
Stewart
Edward White
, river begins a-roarln' and a-rogln'
through thou you tamper with my lui
provenients furthermore. a-lowerlu' tho
gate and otherwise a-modlfyln' tuy
structure."
Orde stepped forward. Immediately
Reed wheeled, his thumb on the bam
mer.
"All rl"ht. old spirit of '70." replied
Orde. "Hon t shoot: I'll come down."
He walked back to the waiting row.
"Surely." spoke up Newmark. "what
ever the status of the damage suits.
you have the legal right to run your
logs."
Orde rolled a quizzical eye In his dl
rectlon.
"Per-fect-ly correct, son." ho drawl
ed, "but we're engaged Ir- the happy
occupation of getting out logs. By the
time the law was all adjusted aud a
head of steam up the water M be down.
Iti this game you get out logs tlrst aud
thluk about law afterward."
"How about legal damage?" Insist
ed Newmark.
"Legal dumagesj" scoffed Orde. "Le
gal damages! Why. wo count legal
damages as part of our regular ex
penses. Ilke.potatocs."
Orde walked to the edge of the dum
and stood looking down current. Then
he turned to the grimly silent river
men. "Roys." he commanded brletly. "gel
your peavles and come along."
He led the way past the mill to the
shallows below.
Itrlng down two logs fairly big nnd
hold them by that old snag." he order-1
ed. "Hold them end on-no, pointing i
upstream. Tlx 'cm about ten foot
apart. That's It! George, drive a cou
ple of stakes each side of them to hold
'em. Correct! Now, run down n cou-'
pie dozen more and pllo thorn across
those two. side on to the stream, of
course. Roll 'em up. That's the tick
et!" Orde next braced more logs against
a convenient bowlder, and an old stull
near shore became the third pier in a
line below the milt.
"Now. boys." commanded Orde.
"shove off soino shore logs and let
them come down."
The stray logs floating down with ,
the current the rlvermen caught ami i
Jammed about the Improvised piers.
So In ten seconds after the shore j
logs began drifting the jam formed. ,
low and broad The weight of the
topmost logs sunk those beneath to
the bed of the stnmtn This to a cer
tain extent dammod back tun water.
Below the Improvised dnm the water
fell almost to nothing, anil above It.
swirling la eddjes. grumbling flnrcoiy.
bubbling, gurgling, searching busily
for an opening, tbo river turned back ,
on Itself. '
"Nothing can stand that pressure,"
breathed Newmark. fascinated
"The bigger the pressure the tighter
1 1... I lt.l sfA 1 1 1. 1 1 .. I. 1 !
Bur juvjva, ftrfiitj viuui hkmi'iih in"
pipe. I
In order to take full advantage of
the water power developed by his dam '
old man Reed bad built his mill nearly I
at a level with the stream. Now the I
river, backing up, rapidly overflowed
this flat. As tho Jam tightened by Its '
own weight the water fairly jumped
from the lowest floor of the mill to
tho one above.
In lens than five minutes the old
man descended on the group.
"What's the matter hero?'
be dc-
manded. j
"Mutter?" inquired Orde easily. "Oh,
nothing much Just a little Jam." I
"Rut It's Hooding my mill."
"I'm not Interested."
"I've a lot of grain upstairs. It'll be j
ruined. You miserable blackguard!" I
Reed frantically disappeared, return- j
Ing bearing nn antiquated pike pole, !
and singlo handed attacked the Jam.
Astonishment and delight held the 1
rlvermen breathless for n moment. I
Then n roar of laughter drowned even
noise of the waters. j
Only Ordo seemed to see tho other
side. With a few quick leaps ho had j
gained tho old man's side. j
"You can't break this Jam," he sold
kindly. "Come ashore. You'll kill
yourself!"
"Break It!" pleaded Reed. "You're
ruining me. I've got all my money In
that mill."
"Well." Raid Orde, "wo'vo got a lot
of money In our.logs too. Come," tak
ing Reed gently by the arm, "there's
no reason you and I shouldn't got resembles the Jewish lent ct liun-r
along together nil right. Maybe we're I uncle's. That1 was n tm'i 'vul In-Mlt'i-both
a llttlo hard headed, Let's talk tlon uppolnted by the gn-iit .1iw!ki
It over." lawgiver, .Moes. It was also i-aili'd
He lod the old man ashore. At the j -the feast of Ingathering," held ..n
end of ton minutes Ordo cried cheer- , nunlly at the end of the harvest ua
fully: I run. Ily dwelling during tile feat In
"War's over, boys! Rreak that Jaml" t crude booth, or tabernudes, built of
The crew swarmed across tho log tv braw-hiM of olive, palm or pine
barrier to a point above the center pier. 1 trees oiitslc!e the walls of .Ipnwaleni
This thoy attacked with their peavles,
rolling the top logs off Into the current
below. In less than no time they had
torn qulto a hole In the top layer. The
river rushed through tho opening. Im
mediately the logs In tho wings wore
tumbled In from cither side. At first
the men had to do all the work, but
soon tho river Itself turned to their
asslstnne.
Tho going of tho Jam drained tho
water from tho lower floors of tho
mill. The upper stories and tbo grain
wore still safe.
Ity evening the sluice gate had beeit
nunrhly provided with polo guides
down wlik h to slide to the bed of th
-lettr, The following morning saw the
work g"Hvg on as methodically as oe'
Uy the end of the second day the 'v ml
wn .low ird ns Charlie's wnuuti"
was I'rlftlrg toward the chute th Or
of '. t'Hve tlontod llt
head of t!i. pot'd
(To bO' continued.)
THANKSGIVING
AMONG INDIANS
By AMOS CUTLER
Copyrltfht. 1909. by Amtflctn rn
Allocution
i
T Is generally supposed that Thanks
giving day originated among t in
pilgrims of New Euglaud, but a
a matter of fact the Indians Iimo
celebrated their tlmukxglvlng fcat
and dances centuries before the whlto
man came to Impart to the rod bruttior
his rifles, firewater and a now roliul.i
and civilization. America sooms t
have been dedicated to the thunkf,Mv
Ing habit from a much earlier d:t
than was supposed. Some ot rlie In
dlrtii tribes celebrated the festival not
only once u jvar, but twice nnd evoi
oftener. When the empn wore arw
lng they wore thankful. When it,.
young com w
milky lit the oi
they wore I tin ft !
fill again. 1'itr
of the trllio- bu
tt day for umii
tude. also for In
v !,!'; Iu-k I:
IS. (: -t
r : ll ' It n
appeared. OH
or, such as tb
Poncas, hold
dance and a fen
at about th
same time-
otrr Thank'clr
Ing. tholr Idea up
parently Miia n
offer up to lif
erent Spirit n
the coutplwod
harvest.
I.WOKISO LCCK L.T
THE HCXT.
The ceremonies were mom elaborate
and wore not only filled with a true
rellgl.ms sentlnteot but with a spin'
of wx'trv. Ttnnlr rron. TireS t
the rn jw whl li rrnuioir rti- I n' !'
llfo. fr ih- iiorlnd rMi! tint eui
him or wit rd ii I tl 11huhs fur tn
gitnto. for r t brnN tbot npjmrenrly
hud the fttvor of th. iiro-.it Silr't '
that I hoy omitd bt what niiiti riutoi
not. for I In lLsht. whu h.td the :nw
power In wnter that tho birds had lr
air. and fur all tin- bu-sslng that nn-j
turo lavtsltod on hor ohildron. The In
dian, llkf alt primitive people, had n
form of nature worship. regarding him
self ns a part of rh utilrers.il si-henie.
a child of the universal mother.
One peculiar feature of alt tm- In
dian's religious cvrvmonlos thi- dance
has nevor lx-en iinderstixxi by most
white people. Originally It was n ronu
of prayer, as In
separable from
praise or petition
as singing or
making medi
cine. These
dances were not
the leisurely or
elegant pastime
of Un- pnlffiiiv.
but exercises
Into whli-li the
red men entered.
I with all their
I sonU mid liiidl".
especially w 1 1 t
. their bodies.
I Into wh n frn
' zy d iny
work tlieiu-"-
j that they 1
I full Miit nf i he
diiutM- lln'iiiiiy
I eMiTiitfti'H.
TIIK 7IIA.NK-. . 1VO
HA.M U.
In
iii-x- In iter days Mine tlii- li'illui
tin tn--i wld off t:i -t n-n t
Jnir rt-i. riri.ltiiii Oi. 'Jli uiU-. t t
the wliiti- luiiu lici-ii Ui.i-pi.H pi-i
Inn-, un that day tin- a!.'iiu-i.i .
beef lias been nuuli' n: n.iiu 'l n
posts. Thus It has t-t:i.' t!..
day in the whole ye.'.r m-mi in- n
lnt'ii 1'nulil Oii-ape the 1 .-t ! pi-w n
linlile to the ft.. i III th hit.!1 i! ti-i-i
lug Mini I'.-iin ing. Tbnii.:n!i !
must iif i In' liidlnus I Hie u' -. iiii'
holiday. And why xhoiild It n- i ln.
since he Is lis real orlgliminr?
Thunkajlvlna In Motti' Time.
In some leypeit our I lnin : g!vlllg
nnd within the streets, the iM-aelltes
were reminded of the struggles of
their forefathers In the wilderness,
unhoused, sometime In despair, then
filled with hope, ever pushing on In
-.I'.-irch of "the better country." where
they might develop their national llfo
This fenst recalled Ood's gracious guid
ance In past history and acknowl
edged present blessing In an abundant
harvest. Its peculiar charactPil-"e
was tho spirit of rejoicing, pralso and
thanksgiving.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2it,. 1909.
r. N.CUMMINGS
V
OSGOOD
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Quick Money Needed.
My 20 lots nicluding a good 5-
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Property just outside of city lint
its. $2500 cash, rest easy pay
meats. Address Hoy W. Harris,
room 5, Palms Rooming House, Mod
ford, Oregon. 2V2
Medford, Oregon: This certifies
that we have sold Hall's Te.xns Won
der for the euro of all kidney, blad
der and rheumatic troubles for ten
years, nnd have never had n com
plaint. It pives quick and permanent
rcfief. 00 days' treatment in onoh bot
tle. Medford Pltnrmacv.
NOTICE
is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply nt the regular meeting c f
tho city council of Medford, Oregon
on December 7, 1009, for license to
sell malt, vinous nnd spirituos liquors
in less diiantities than one gnllon, nt
lots 11. 15 nnd 10, block 21, in Med
ford, Oregon, for n wriod of rti.v
ninntln.
YOl'JMJ & HALL.
Dated November 21st.
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foniuuip ruwaua If lit Co., FosTUjro, Osiaof
WJy. Flour- I
WW it inakoH good II
jlm;iul ami biscuits." II jj
Ml clean nnd pure. ' I
Ml wlioIeHoino and bjuinu I
II wcHtt'in wlicut IYrrtfer
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& CUMMINGS
ENGINEERS
THE BUNGALOW RINK
Grand Masquerade Skate
WEDNESDAY EVE, NOV. 24
Music by Skating Rink Band
W. A. ROBBINS, Prop.
Admission Wednesday
IF IT'S
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value for your money and of
first-class quality, regardless
of what line of groceries you
desire,
We Have It
and we can truthfully say
that nowhoro in Medford or
elsewhere can so much he
purchased for tho money as
at
Allen
The Square
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4i
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Bank Bldg.
Eve 25c
Skates 25c
GOOD
Reagan
Deal Grocers